On Fri, 5 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Michael Polak wrote:
>
> > In Linux, Arachne's policy of being user-friendly will probably face
> > hardest-ever challenge. I think gpm works automaticaly in most
> > distributions, so I am not so much concerned about it - but I would like
> > to allow Arachne users to configure PPP interface, if they provide root
> > password to system. And THIS will be probably terribly hard... I never
> of the planet by Linux users/programers. There is absolutely *NO REASON*
> for a WWW browser under a unix-like OS to screw around with *ANYTHING* on
> a root user level if the person running it is not the owner of the
> system.
I agree. The user should use the proper tools for setting up PPP. No need
to allow a web browser to do another programs job or to have permissions
that are not needed.
And just because it may have one a possible security problems with
SVGA-lib, it doesn't mean you can or should add other possible problems.
(By the way, my Linux systems are extremely stable; it is nice that they
never reboot unless I want them to -- maybe 19 days -- maybe 195 days).
Jeremy C. Reed
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